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Frederick Douglass Finds Freedom

Clip: Season 1 | 49s

After having escaped to New York, Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Douglass did hard manual labor to provide for his family for three years before making a fateful trip to Nantucket.

Aired: 01/08/13

Rating: NR

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